Another week is passing...

I'm looking at our timetable, and suddenly it strikes me: We haven't got any more lectures in the autumn term. The only thing remaining now before our well deserved (?) Christmas holiday is 3 exams, endless hours of frenetic reading, and not to forget: A BIG party on Friday 16th to conclude the semester. But hey, who are we kidding? We have three exams next week, but this semester has comprised of 5 courses... Oh yeah.. 2 more exams to come in January. Well, those will have to wait at the moment. Monday kicks off with International Economics, a subject where I at the moment are at a 50 % level. Or maybe less. That may not be too bad, considering the fact that the lecturer never has given more than 76 % on an exam. This was a subject I heavily discussed with him over countless glasses of red wine on this Wednesday.. I am uncertain of my impact, time will show!
On Wednesday 14th we'll have a last look at Managerial Accounting, with the second invigilated test. I received the result of the first one now on Thursday. to get a distinction in a subject, 70 % on average is required. I got 90 on the first (Yeah!), so simple math tell me I only need 50 % to get a distinction. Sounds to me like bad motivation, too passive! I go for gold! Or as Leif put it: (he got 92, the clever bastard...) "Hey, I only need 8 % on he second one to pass..." (As you may have guessed, there's a 50% limit).
Friday conlcudes the exam week with Quantitative Methods, a subject which comprises Statistics, general Mathematical Economics and Econometrics. Definitely not an easy one, but I think I will do well. ("I'm normally not a praying man, but if you're up there, please help me Superman." Homer Simpson)



You can always tell when working in groups are becoming less productive...

Today we had our last lecture in Managerial Accounting and Quantitative Methods. What still amazes me is the lack of strategical thinking sometimes. The student golden rule is very simple: "In the last, exam-preparing (and hopefully revealing) lecture, SHUT UP AND LISTEN!" This seems difficult to understand, as selected members of the class seems to be blabbering endlessly! It's annoying enough in a "standard" lecture, but in the last one?! And also, Knut mentioned an expression I haven't heard in a long time: "Don't fight the setting!" And he's absolutely right. In the military this is a smart thing to bear in mind to "survive". Using energy on things you cannot change only results in irritated superiors. Equally, complaining about the amount of questions on the exam, not enough time, difficult tasks etc. is really not that smart. In a worst case scenario the lecturer might actually alter the exam to be worse. Clever? NOPE!
Ah, good to get that one off my chest. Maybe it's just the stress before the exams, I don't know. And I really shouldn't complain. One in my class is right now at the hospital, probably next to his wife as she's giving birth to their first child! I wish them all the best! And it kinda puts things into perspective. An exam, a challenge? COME ON!
I suppose I should focus on my International Economics lecture notes now... I know myself enough to tell when I should stop looking into the computer screen and start studying again. As Christmas is approaching rapidly, I thought it might be appropriate to end this post with a little George W. Bush humour..